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Websites have proved invaluable for the promotion of organisational objectives, through the leveraging of the ubiquitous and pervasive network mechanisms offered by the Internet and the World Wide Web to, essentially, 'get the message across'.
As with real and effective communication, websites have evolved from mere static, single or multi-page advertising 'brochures', so to speak, to dynamic, interactive, multi-media rich vehicles, largely driven by Content Management Systems served by an underlying database acting as a content repository.
TCA actively pursues the design, development and commissioning of websites structured to achieve client objectives, utilising Open Source technologies to this end. In partnership with our clients, we additionally provide the mechanisms for achieving website integration with legacy in-house systems where warranted, and in so doing providing the means for achieving standardised access, authentication and data validation, in line with client and best-practice standards.
Some of the websites commissioned by TCA as client references:
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The website of the Council for Geoscience was designed, developed and deployed by TCA to consolidate and promote its corporate image, highlighting its service offerings and competencies while at the same time providing a wealth of information of public interest, including details of seismic events (earthquakes), mapping endeavours, geoscientific activities related to mines and mining, etc. Contact reference Mr P Motaung (Unit Manager: ICT) at +27 12 841 1055. Click on the image to visit the website.
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TCA's mandate included the deployment and commissioning of the Council for Geoscience's Intranet facility for use by staff. It includes comprehensive functionality designed to promote collaboration, a vital activity in an organisation concerned with applied research. Functionalities include document management, a policy/procedure repository, private messaging, task management, media and events management - it is furthermore currently integrated into a system providing ICT helpdesk functionality, with the intention being to ensure further integration into the future corporate ERP facility. Contact reference Mr P Motaung (Unit Manager: ICT) at +27 12 841 1055. Access to the Intranet is constrained to staff of the Council for Geoscience, with functional demonstration by prior arrangement with TCA required.
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The website of the trade publication Food & Beverage Reporter. This publication, which includes the Packaging Reporter Supplement, is the widest-circulating printed magazine for the food, beverage and packaging industries in southern Africa according to statistics audited for the Audit Bureau of Circulations of Southern Africa (ABC). Apart from local circulation, it is also sent to over 1,200 companies in the rest of Africa. TCA provides ongoing functional enhancements to the site, in line with the publisher's objective of broadening and expanding its market penetration. Key facilities offered by the site are the extensive database of over 6,000 articles of relevance to the food processing industry, and a comprehensive directory of suppliers and vendors operating in the sector. Contact reference Mr T Payne (Publisher) at +27 11 880 3682. Click on the image to visit the website.
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The Organisation of African Geological Surveys is a common-interest group comprised of the various Geological Surveys of African countries. TCA designed, developed and deployed this multi-language website to promote collaborative endeavours amongst its members. Contact reference Ms C Ashley (Secretariat) tel. +27 12 841 1471. Click on the image to visit the website.
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The South African Committee for Stratigraphy is a specialist focus group concerned with the terminology and nomenclature applied to stratigraphic classification, used in the production of geoscientific maps, records and publications. It is an organisational member of the International Subcommission on Stratigraphic Classification (ISSC) of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), the largest scientific body of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). TCA designed, developed and deployed this website for use by members of the 18 task groups concerned with stratigraphic concerns. Contact reference Mr P Motaung (Unit Manager: ICT - Council for Geoscience) at +27 12 841 1055. Access to the website is constrained to members of the Committee, with functional demonstration by prior arrangement with TCA required.
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The website of SQALO was designed, developed and deployed by TCA as an SRI endeavour to promote small business initiatives of a service entrepreneurial nature, and has succeeded admirably in achieving this objective. Contact reference Mr J M Mabuza (Owner) tel. +27 83 329 9907. Click on the image to visit the website.
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Website Management and Development 
